The1918 Rose Bowl, known at the time as theTournament East-West Football Game, was abowl game played on January 1, 1918, atTournament Park inPasadena, California. It was the 4thRose Bowl Game. With America at war, the game was played with players from theMare Island Marines ofCalifornia andCamp Lewis fromWashington.^[1]

Since the Rose Bowl game became so popular and most of the college football players were fighting overseas duringWorld War I, thePasadena Tournament of Roses decided to stage the game with military units, with the approval from PresidentWoodrow Wilson. The Camp Lewis football team represented theUS Army.

According to the Tournament of Roses, "Within weeks of the 1918 Rose Bowl Game, the majority of the players from both teams were scheduled to go overseas.John Beckett, left tackle for Mare Island, acknowledged this fact and said that “this would be the last battle that we would fight in the name of sports."

Hugo Bezdek was the coach to lead two separate schools (Oregon in1917 and Mare Island in 1918) to victories. He also ledPenn State to an appearance in the1923 Rose Bowl.

Dick Romney, who had been a football star atUtah, played halfback for the Camp Lewis team, scoring the team's only touchdown.^[3]

• 1917–18 college football bowl games
• Rose Bowl Game
• 20th century in Pasadena, California
• Mare Island Marines football
• Military competitions in American football
• 1918 in sports in California
• January 1918 sports events in the United States

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